• Two Israeli soldiers were sentenced to military prison for desecrating a Christian site in southern Lebanon.
  • One soldier placed a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary, while the other photographed it; the photo went viral.
  • The soldier who posed received 21 days in prison, the photographer 14 days.
  • The Israeli army stated it takes the incident seriously and respects freedom of religion.
  • This is another in a series of anti-Christian incidents by Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.

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